[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-12-10

Sun Feb 14 14:40:31 PST 2010

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Weekly Science Report
February 12, 2010

“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
President John F. Kennedy

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Steak dinners go back 2.5 million years
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35313891/ns/technology_and_science-science/

DNA suggests even ancient man had baldness issues
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_sci_ancient_dna

Mass Extinctions: 'Giant' Fossils Are Revolutionizing Current Thinking
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100210171413.htm

Should We Clone Neanderthals?
http://www.archaeology.org/1003/etc/neanderthals.html

Professors make Jurassic discovery
http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2010/02/08/News/Professors.Make.Jurassic.Discovery-3866871.shtml

Dwarf dinos lived on ‘Neverland’-like island
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35350983/ns/technology_and_science-science/

165-Million-Year-Old Spider Fossil Preserves Original Features
http://news.discovery.com/animals/the-165-million-year-old-spider-fossil-preserves-original-features.html

Plotting Darwin's path out of Africa
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/02/plotting-darwins-path-out-of-a.html

Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study reveals 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8512000/8512455.stm

Sea levels erratic during latest ice age
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56245/title/Sea_levels_erratic_during_latest_ice_age

Why Humans Walk 'Flat-Footed'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100212/sc_livescience/whyhumanswalkflatfooted

Study challenges bird-from-dinosaur theory of evolution – was it the other way around?
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/02/09/study.challenges.bird.dinosaur.theory.evolution.was.it.other.way.around

Sail-backed dinos had semiaquatic lifestyle
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56282/description/Sail-backed_dinos_had_semiaquatic_lifestyle

Scientists: horn shards likely from mammoth
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_tusk_found.html

How did religion evolve?
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100208_religion.htm

Ancient and General History

World War II-era navigation system shut down
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/08/loran.navigation.shutdown/index.html?hpt=T2

Rush for iron spurred Inuit ancestors to sprint across Arctic, book contends
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Rush+iron+spurred+Inuit+ancestors+sprint+across+Arctic+book+contends/2538167/story.html

South Africans Celebrate Nelson Mandela's Walk to Freedom
http://news.discovery.com/history/nelson-mandela-walk-freedom-prison.html

Abraham Lincoln, True Crime Writer
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Abraham-Lincoln-True-Crime-Writer.html

Scientists to exhume remains of astronomer
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35256891/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Oysters and Crabs, the Popcorn of Shakespearean Theatergoers 
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/oysters-and-crabs-the-popcorn-of-shakespearean-theatergoers.html

Spanish Researchers Publish Work on Mayan Pictographs
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=352309&CategoryId=13003

Perperikon Reveals Its Epigraphic Mysteries
http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2010-02-13&article=32196

Explorer finds evidence of ancient waterway linking Atlantic to Pacific
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-50538.html

Archaeology

Byzantine-era street uncovered in Jerusalem
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_street

California Tree Carving Hints at Early Chumash Astronomy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/us_time/08599196066100

Cambodia Discovers Drainage System at Bayon Temple
http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/02/11/1361s549794.htm

Saudi Arabia announces a new archeological finding
http://www.eturbonews.com/14326/saudi-arabia-announces-new-archeological-finding

Queen's helps produce archaeological 'time machine'
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/qub-qhp021110.php

Urn X-ray picks up Roman remains
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/news/Urn-X-ray-picks-Roman-s-remains/article-1823330-detail/article.html

Mythological love unearthed
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100210/jsp/northeast/story_12084986.jsp

14th century Narasimha temple found
http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020853140500.htm

Canoe unearthed at beach
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/3303817/Canoe-unearthed-at-beach

Archaeological Discoveries in Damascus show depth and diversity of civilizations
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201002094718/Travel/archaeological-discoveries-in-damascus-show-depth-and-diversity-of-civilizations.html

700-km-long Great Wall found in NW China
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2010-02/09/content_9452939.htm

Grand Canyon archaeologists surprised at findings
http://www.examiner.com/x-37185-Grand-Canyon-Hiking-Examiner~y2010m2d7-Grand-Canyon-archaeologists-surprised-at-findings

Archeologists Conquer Lands of Princess of Ukok
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/9651/

Project seeks to unearth Timucuan history of Ocklawaha
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100209/ARTICLES/100209719/1001/NEWS01?Title=Project-seeks-to-unearth-Timucuan-history-of-Ocklawaha&tc=ar

Bog woman given a face
http://jp.dk/uknews/article1963662.ece

North Pennines ancient buildings to be protected 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8502904.stm

Ben Hur in Colchester? Race is on to save UK's only Roman chariot racetrack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/07/roman-circus-track-colchester
Turkey’s top 10 archaeological sites
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-200809-117-turkeys-top-10-archaeological-sites.html

'Gangland bling' of Beowulf era to go on show in Staffordshire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/09/staffordshire-hoard-anglo-saxon-potteries

Archaeological Cave Dating Back to the Roman Era Unearthed in Syria
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201002114765/Related-news-from-Syria/archaeological-cave-dating-back-to-the-roman-era-unearthed-in-syria.html

Historical society looks to fund professional dig of 'Vero Man' site
http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=66727

Hellenistic Period tombs unearthed by torrential rainfall
http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8409617&maindocimg=8409608&service=144

Bones found on Bald Head are from 1800s, anthropologist says
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100211/ARTICLES/100219933/1004?Title=Bones-found-on-Bald-Head-are-from-1800s-anthropologist-says

Bronze Age shipwreck found off Devon coast
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archeology/7228108/Bronze-Age-shipwreck-found-off-Devon-coast.html

Egyptology

Sports in the Ancient Egyptian Era
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=19762

General Science

Quantum trick for pressure-sensitive mobile devices
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8504373.stm

Laser weapon knocks down missile in test
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35375469/ns/technology_and_science-space/

MoD's vanguard: a mix of robot bomb defusers and kneepad goo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/11/mod-robotic-goo-centre-defence-enterprise

New Armored Wall System Assembles Like Legos, Could Replace Sandbags in Afghanistan
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/new-armored-wall-system-could-replace-sandbags-marines-afghanistan

Handheld Scanner Can Copy Car Keys Just By Peeking At The Lock
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/lock-diving-sensor-creates-replacement-car-keys-good-or-ill

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Will Micronesia Be the First Nationwide Park?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1959020,00.html

Study hints at dark matter action
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8508662.stm

Cassini detection adds to Enceladus liquid water story 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8495663.stm

Mexican Meteorite: Was it Russian Space Junk?
http://news.discovery.com/space/mexican-meteorite-was-it-russian-space-junk.html

Structureless Space Telescope Could Look For Life Around Other Stars
http://news.discovery.com/space/structureless-space-telescope-could-look-for-life-around-other-stars.html

Layers in a Mars Crater Record a History of Changes
http://www.physorg.com/news185127917.html

Black hole spin may create jets that control galaxy
http://www.physorg.com/news185104066.html

Space 2020: what NASA will do next
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527473.500-space-2020-what-nasa-will-do-next.html

SETI opens up its data to 'citizen scientists'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18516-seti-opens-up-its-data-to-citizen-scientists.html

NASA moon plan was an illusion, wrapped in denial
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18515-nasa-moon-plan-was-an-illusion-wrapped-in-denial.html

Dark matter ‘seen’ for the first time
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Dark-matter-seen-for-the-first-time/articleshow/5566684.cms

Could Olympics be held in outer space?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35370181/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Scientist explore future of high-energy physics
http://www.physorg.com/news184935747.html

Martian sheen: Life on the rocks
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527471.200-martian-sheen-life-on-the-rocks.html

New 3-D Map of Interstellar Gas Around the Sun
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/new-3-d-map-of-the-interstellar-gas-around-the-sun/

Google's Liquid Galaxy Machine Sends Users on Immersive Tour of Earth, Moon, and Mars
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/googles-liquid-galaxy-display-sends-users-immersive-tour-google-earth-moon-and-mars

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

IM Interview: Nuclear Energy and the Future of Humanity
http://news.discovery.com/earth/nuclear-sustainable-survival.html

Sun-powered water splitter makes hydrogen tirelessly
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18511-sunpowered-water-splitter-makes-hydrogen-tirelessly.html

U.S. Army in Afghanistan Takes Delivery of New Bacterial Bioreactors to Clean Wastewater
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/bacterial-bioreactors-clean-armys-wastewater

'Climategate' expert Jones says data not well organized
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8511701.stm

5 Ways to Fix the IPCC, the Gatekeeper of Climate Science
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/11/5-ways-to-fix-the-ipcc-the-gatekeeper-of-climate-science/

Road Salt's Damaging Effects Prompt Tech Alternatives
http://news.discovery.com/earth/salt-roads-environment-technology.html

Antarctic ice shelf collapse possibly triggered by ocean waves, Scripps-led study finds
http://www.physorg.com/news185133765.html

Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster
http://www.physorg.com/news184963823.html

IBM develops promising contender for cheaper solar cells
http://www.physorg.com/news185093054.html

Alternative futures of a warming world
http://www.physorg.com/news185026561.html

Norway plans the world's most powerful wind turbine
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100212/sc_afp/norwayenergyalternativeenvironment_20100212190523

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

The genetic secrets to jumping the species barrier
http://www.physorg.com/news185141424.html

Weed will help feed the world, gene scientists hope
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/sc_afp/sciencebiotechenergyfood_20100210181515

Genetically Engineered Pig Lung Successfully Oxygenates Human Blood, Paving the Way For Transplants 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/genetically-engineered-pig-lung-oxygenates-human-blood

Selective brain damage modulates human spirituality
http://www.physorg.com/news185027522.html

Next Year, Give Your Valentine Custom-Engineered Flowers With Bespoke Scents
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/root-beer-scented-flowers-coming-future

The Wild World of DIY Synthetic Biology
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/future-biology-lies-designer-organisms

Other

Scientists freeze water with heat
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35351575/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Probing Question: What causes deja vu?
http://www.physorg.com/news185192263.html

Additional Informational

Are dinosaurs alive?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11861058/ns/technology_and_science-science

The World's Scariest Science: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/worlds-scariest-science-what-could-possibly-go-wrong

Views of Earth from the Middle Ages to the Space Age
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123613649

Beneath The Nasca Lines and Other Coastal Geoglyphs of Peru and Chile
http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/JohnsonD1.php

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